Mineola, New York
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Mineola is a village in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

, New York
New York
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, USA
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. The population was 18,799 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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 word meaning a "pleasant place".

The majority of the Village of Mineola is located in the Town of North Hempstead, with a small portion of its southern edge within the Town of Hempstead. Old Country Road runs along the southern border of the village. The area serviced by the Mineola Post Office extends further south into the adjacent village of Garden City, New York
Garden City, New York
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...

, where the county seat
County seat
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 of Nassau County
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

is located. Offices of many Nassau County agencies are located in both Mineola and Garden City.

History

The central, flat, grassy part of Long Island was originally named "Hempstead Plains
Hempstead Plains
The Hempstead Plains is a region of central Long Island in New York state in what is now Nassau County. It was once an open expanse of native grassland estimated to once extend to about . It was separated from the North Shore of Long Island by the Harbor Hill Moraine, later approximately the route...

". In the 19th century various communities were started. One of them was called "Hempstead Branch", and finally, "Mineola".

Long Island was part of Henry Hudson's original claim in the name of the Dutch East India Company dating as far back as 1609. In the 18th century the Dutch and English settlers worked to clear farmland to start their life on the Hempstead Plains
Hempstead Plains
The Hempstead Plains is a region of central Long Island in New York state in what is now Nassau County. It was once an open expanse of native grassland estimated to once extend to about . It was separated from the North Shore of Long Island by the Harbor Hill Moraine, later approximately the route...

. It was in 1858 when this land was named after an Algonquin Indian Chief, Miniolagamika meaning, "Pleasant Village". The name was later shortened and altered to "Mineola".

Voters selected Mineola (in the Town of North Hempstead) to be the county seat for the new county of Nassau in November 1898
(before Mineola incorporated as a village in 1906 and set its boundaries), winning out over Hicksville and Hempstead.
The Garden City Company (founded in 1893 by the heirs of Alexander Turney Stewart
Alexander Turney Stewart
Alexander Turney Stewart was a successful Irish American entrepreneur who made his multi-million fortune in what was at the time the most extensive and lucrative dry goods business in the world....

)
donated four acres of land for the county buildings just south of the Mineola train station and the present day Village of Mineola, in the Town of Hempstead.
The land and the buildings have a Mineola postal address, but are within the present day Village of Garden City
Garden City, New York
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...

,
which did not incorporate, nor set its boundaries, until 1919.

Mineola was legally incorporated in 1906 and run by a president. The president and Trustees worked to meet the needs of the growing community and later became the judicial and legislative heart of Nassau County. The County Seat found its home in Mineola on July 13, 1900, as Governor Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

 laid the cornerstone of the Nassau County Court House. A celebration was held to commemorate this momentous occasion on the barren 5 acres (20,234.3 m²) site at the corner of Old Country Road
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major east–west thoroughfare through central Nassau County and extending into western Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. It serves many of the major shopping centers in central Nassau County including Roosevelt Field Mall...

 and Franklin Avenue. Many dignitaries were present to witness this history-making event such as Frederick Hicks, Congressman Townsend Scudder
Townsend Scudder
Townsend Scudder was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Northport, he was a nephew of Henry Joel Scudder, also a U.S. Representative from New York. Townsend attended preparatory schools in Europe and was graduated from Columbia Law School in 1888; he was admitted to the bar in...

, Colonel William Youngs and Supervisors William Jones and Edwin Willits.

Winthrop-University Hospital
Winthrop-University Hospital
Winthrop-University Hospital was founded in 1896 under the name Nassau Hospital as Long Island, New York's first voluntary hospital. The location was originally constructed in 1900. It was renamed Winthrop-University Hospital in the 1980s to avoid confusion with Nassau County Medical Center, now...

, founded in 1896 by local physicians and residents as Nassau Hospital, was Long Island's first voluntary hospital. In 1897, it admitted 91 patients, performed 27 operations, and reported two births and eight deaths during the first year. The original hospital was constructed in 1900. Today, Winthrop is a nationally-recognized award-winning hospital and in 2004 was ranked among the Top 5 Percent of Acute-Care Hospitals in the Country.

Mineola was also a familiar place to many of the most famous pilots in history. The Aero Club of America chose the area for the level plains. Glenn Curtiss brought the area to national attention in July 1909 with his second Scientific American Award flight of over 23 minutes and 15 miles. He also made some of the first public flights in America in his "Golden Flyer", while practicing for the Reims Aviation Meet in France. The Wright Brothers
Wright brothers
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, Igor Sikorsky, Captain Rene Fonac, and the famed duo of Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta, dubbed "twins of derring-do", all spent time in Mineola taking advantage of the rolling grasslands and favorable winds.

On November 1, 1915, Captain Raynal Cawthorne Bolling—a prominent New York attorney working at United States Steel—organized the Aviation Detachment, 1st Battalion, Signal Corps of the New York National Guard 106 Rescue Wing. It was the Guard's first genuine aviation unit. Subsequently, the organization was redesignated the lst Aero Company. Located at Mineola on Long Island, the unit rented and then purchased its own aircraft with funds donated by the Aero Club of America and other contributors. It was "provisionally recognized" on June 22, 1916 and then called into federal service on July 13, 1916 during the Mexican border crisis. However, instead of active service in the southwest, it remained at Mineola training and was released from federal service on November 2, 1916.

On May 20, 1927, at 7:52 a.m., Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...

 started his historic flight from nearby Roosevelt Field. Thirty-three hours later he landed in Paris and became the first person to complete a solo flight from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean.

Main Street was the center of village business as well as a popular meeting place for farmers and the business community alike. The general store offered an array of goods that would fulfill most everyday needs, such as hardware, toys, wool, dry goods, clothing and food. The small glass-fronted mail and delivery boxes filled the existing six-foot post office. As the Mineola population grew, the post office was relocated to the Meyer Building on Mineola Boulevard and then twice more to 3rd Street and 2nd Street. It eventually found its permanent home on 1st Street and Main Street.

Mineola's first theatre named Allen's Hall drew in many early moviegoers to see "the flickers". Motion picture success drew in other theaters to the area, the most lavish being the Century Opera House. Most theaters had a showing in the morning and in the evening, usually featuring a live pianist who kept up with the action of the movie while playing music that suited the story.

As years passed, Jericho Turnpike became the commercial "main street", farmland was sold off, and homes and offices were built. Mineola has continued to be a community of growth and development.

Mineola held its centennial celebration in 2006.

Geography

Mineola is located at 40.747188°N 73.638088°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²), all of it land.

The villages bordering Mineola are Garden City
Garden City, New York
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...

, New Hyde Park
New Hyde Park, New York
New Hyde Park is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island.The population of the Village of New Hyde Park was 9,712 at the 2010 census...

, Old Westbury, East Williston
East Williston, New York
East Williston is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 2,556 at the 2010 census.The Village of East Williston is in the Town of North Hempstead.- History :...

, and Williston Park
Williston Park, New York
Williston Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 7,287 at the 2010 census.The Village of Williston Park is in the Town of North Hempstead.-Geography:...

. Mineola also borders the hamlets (CDP
Census-designated place
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) of Herricks
Herricks, New York
Herricks is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 4,295 at the 2010 census.Herricks is a community in the southern part of Town of North Hempstead.-Geography:...

, Garden City Park
Garden City Park, New York
Garden City Park is a Town in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 7,806 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garden City Park is located at ....

 and Carle Place
Carle Place, New York
Carle Place is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. As of 2010 the CDP population was 4,981...

.

The village gained territory between the 1990 census and the 2000 census.

Climate

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 19,234 people, 7,473 households, and 4,954 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 10,337.3 people per square mile (3,992.6/km²). There were 7,650 housing units at an average density of 4,111.5 per square mile (1,588.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 82.39% White, 1.03% African American, 0.29% Native American, 4.52% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.93% from other races
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, and 3.79% from two or more races. 13.03% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 7,473 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the village the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $60,706, and the median income for a family was $71,042. Males had a median income of $47,182 versus $37,057 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $28,890. About 2.6% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The legislative body of the village, the board of trustees, is composed of the mayor and four trustees. Each member is elected to a two-year term. The board is charged with management of village property and finances, and may take all measures under the law for the good government of the village. The trustees may adopt a wide range of local laws to address village concerns.

They are appointed to be liaison officers to various community organizations throughout the village and report back to the board with updates at board meetings.

The current trustees are:
  • Mayor Scott Strauss
  • Deputy Mayor Paul Pereira
  • Trustee George Durham
  • Trustee Paul Cusato
  • Trustee Lawrence Werther

Police force

In 2005-2006, as a result of numerous recommendations from the community that Mineola increase its police force, a Mineola Police Task Force was appointed by Mayor Jack M. Martins to evaluate the feasibility of withdrawing from the Nassau County Police Department
Nassau County Police Department
The Nassau County Police Department is the law enforcement agency of Nassau County, New York.-History:In 1925, concerned about rising crime rates, the County Board of Supervisors voted to create the Nassau County Police Department, replacing a scattered system of constables and town and village...

 and establishing a village police force. The Mayor indicated to the Task Force at its inception that if the feasibility study resulted in a positive report, Mineola would only have its own police department if the residents approved such through a Village-wide referendum.

The village board was split 3-2 in favor of the police force with Mayor Jack Martins, Deputy Mayor Werther and Trustee Davanzo supporting it while Trustees Fargrieve and Cusato opposed it. On December 5, 2006 the measure was defeated by a 2-1 margin.

Education

Mineola is mostly served by the Mineola Union Free School District, which encompasses the communities of Mineola, Garden City Park
Garden City Park, New York
Garden City Park is a Town in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 7,806 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garden City Park is located at ....

, Williston Park
Williston Park, New York
Williston Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 7,287 at the 2010 census.The Village of Williston Park is in the Town of North Hempstead.-Geography:...

, Albertson
Albertson, New York
Albertson is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 5,182 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, and Roslyn Heights
Roslyn Heights, New York
Roslyn Heights is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Village of Roslyn...

. Smaller sections of Mineola are in the East Williston
East Williston, New York
East Williston is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 2,556 at the 2010 census.The Village of East Williston is in the Town of North Hempstead.- History :...

, Carle Place
Carle Place, New York
Carle Place is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. As of 2010 the CDP population was 4,981...

 and Garden City
Garden City, New York
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...

 School Districts.

In 2005, Assistant Superintendent John Jackson was arrested for stealing money and labor from the district totaling over $90,000. He pleaded guilty and in January 2006 was sentenced to 5 years probation and 90 days in jail. Reggie Carter, former basketball player for the New York Knicks, was Assistant Principal of Mineola High School (New York) until his death in 1999.

Mineola Union Free School District Schools

  • Mineola High School (grades 8-12)
  • Mineola Middle School
    Mineola Middle School (New York)
    Mineola Middle School is a Middle School in Mineola, New York. It is located at 200 Emory Road Mineola, NY. Mr. Mark Barth is the Principal and Mr. Whitteny Smith is the Assistant Principal....

     (grades 5 to 7)
  • Cross Street School (located in Williston Park)
  • Hampton Street School
  • Jackson Avenue School
  • Willis Avenue School
  • Meadow Drive School (located in Albertson)

Private schools

Mineola is also the location of Chaminade High School
Chaminade High School
Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for young men. Located in Mineola, New York, the school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary , an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious Brothers. The school is named for Father William...

, a Catholic school with a history as an academically rigorous and highly disciplined school that has produced such graduates as Al D'Amato
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato is an American lawyer and former New York politician. A Republican, he served as United States Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999.-Early life and family:...

, U.S. Senator.

Sports

Mineola was the center of amateur soccer on Long Island during the 2008/2009 season, where its only represented team, the Mineola Portuguese Soccer Club of the Mineola Portuguese Center won 4/6 championships and 1 runners-up trophy. The Long Island Soccer-Futebol League presented the MPSC with its Division 1 East Title, Division 1 Championship Title, and its Super "Cangero" Cup trophy to the Portuguese of Mineola in addition to the "Sportsmanship Trophy", which highlighted the teams lack of yellow and red cards. Additionally the Eastern New York State Soccer Association presented the MPSC with its Manning Cup Runner's Up trophy after the amateur team lost in the finals against semi-pros NYGA in Yonkers.

Notable residents

  • Mineola was the birthplace of MLB
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     player John Valentin
    John Valentin
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    , controversial comedian Lenny Bruce
    Lenny Bruce
    Leonard Alfred Schneider , better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist...

    , former Howard Stern Show writer Jackie Martling
    Jackie Martling
    John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. is an American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality. He is best known for being a writer on The Howard Stern Show from 1983 to 2001.-Early life and career:...

    , The King of Queens
    The King of Queens
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     star Kevin James, Robert B. Silvers
    Robert B. Silvers
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     (1929–), editor of The New York Review of Books
    The New York Review of Books
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    and teen actress Emmy Clarke
    Emmy Clarke
    Mary Elizabeth Clarke , better known as Emmy Clarke, is an American actress.At the age of one Clarke moved with her parents to Houston, Texas. At age 6 she moved to Woking, England, where she attended TASIS England before moving to New York City at age 11. The nickname "Emmy" is derived from her...

     (who plays the recurring character Julie Teeger on the USA Network
    USA Network
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     show Monk
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    ). Rock Icon Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
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     was married to Sara Lownds by a justice of the peace in Mineola in 1965. Actor Brian Dennehy
    Brian Dennehy
    Brian Mannion Dennehy is an American actor of film, stage and screen.-Early years:Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Hannah and Edward Dennehy, who was a wire service editor for the Associated Press; he has two brothers, Michael and Edward. Dennehy is of Irish ancestry and was...

     lived in Mineola and attended Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for young men. Located in Mineola, New York, the school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary , an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious Brothers. The school is named for Father William...

    , which is located in Mineola. Hugo Award
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    -winning author James Patrick Kelly
    James Patrick Kelly
    James Patrick Kelly is an American science fiction author who began publishing in the 1970s and remains to this day an important figure in the science fiction field....

     was born in Mineola in 1951.
  • William Dowdell Denson (1913–1998) was Chief American Prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at the concentration camp trials of Dachau
    Dachau
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    , Mauthausen
    Mauthausen
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    , Flossenbuerg and Buchenwald. In 1980 he became senior litigator in a small firm in Mineola.
  • Jack Emmer
    Jack Emmer
    John S. Emmer is a former American lacrosse coach. He retired in 2005 as the winningest lacrosse coach in NCAA history by number of wins with 326. This mark was surpassed in 2008 by Jim Berkman of Division III Salisbury University...

    , all-time winningest Division I men's college lacrosse coach for Army
    Army Black Knights men's lacrosse
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    .
  • Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
    Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
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    , the former Chairman of IBM and currently Chairman of the Carlyle Group
    Carlyle Group
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    , was born and raised in Mineola. He attended Corpus Christi Grammar School and Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for young men. Located in Mineola, New York, the school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary , an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious Brothers. The school is named for Father William...

    , both in Mineola.
  • B. J. LaMura
    B. J. LaMura
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     a pitcher on the LA Dodgers. Also played for Clemson and won the College World Series. Played for Italy in the 2009 World Baseball Classic
    World Baseball Classic
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    .
  • Carlos Mendes
    Carlos Mendes
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    , defender for Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer
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     side New York Red Bulls.
  • Regis Philbin
    Regis Philbin
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    's parents lived in Mineola at 55 12th Avenue off Old Country Road.
  • Kim Richards
    Kim Richards
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     was born in Mineola. She was a child actress who starred in Nanny and the Professor
    Nanny and the Professor
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    , Escape to Witch Mountain
    Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)
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    , No Deposit, No Return
    No Deposit, No Return
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    , Return from Witch Mountain
    Return from Witch Mountain
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    , as an adult, she made a cameo role as a waitress in Race to Witch Mountain
    Race to Witch Mountain
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    .
  • Lauren Scala
    Lauren Scala
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    , WNBC
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     and New York Nonstop
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    WNBC-DT2 is a 24-hour entertainment-oriented news service broadcasting on a digital television subchannel of WNBC in New York City...

     correspondent, was raised in Mineola and attended Mineola High School.
  • Scott Strauss was born, raised, and currently resides in Mineola. He is an Ex-Chief of the Mineola Fire Department as well as being a retired NYPD ESU Detective. Mr. Strauss is known as the "hometown hero" following his heroic efforts on September 11, 2001. The Oliver Stone Film, World Trade Center
    World Trade Center (film)
    World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster-drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center. It stars Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. The film was shot from October 19, 2005 - February 10, 2006...

    portrays his character as he saved Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno. A Troop 45 Eagle Scout, Scott is presently an Assistant Scoutmaster with the Troop. Scott was recently elected Mayor of Mineola.
  • Frances Fragos Townsend, US Homeland Security Adviser under President George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

  • Bill Owens, Congressman for New York's 23rd District, was raised in Mineola, and is a graduate of Chaminade High School.
  • Raymond M. Remus, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Rutgers University student, was born in Mineola, and raised in New Jersey.

Miscellany

  • Mineola has a central railroad station
    Mineola (LIRR station)
    Mineola is a train station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Mineola, New York. All trains for the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and Oyster Bay branches run through this station, as well as a few for the Montauk Branch. As of May 2011, 145 trains stop at this station...

     and MTA Long Island Bus
    MTA Long Island Bus
    MTA Long Island Bus is the name used by MTA Regional Bus for its bus network serving primarily Nassau County. It also serves parts of western Suffolk County as well as parts of Queens. Long Island Bus is the trading name of Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, a name which has not been used...

     hub station. Mineola has become a bedroom community for many residents who take advantage of the close proximity to NYC. Many businesses are also nearby (e.g., Canon USA).
  • Near the center of the village, Mineola Memorial Park commemorates the victims of the September 11 attacks with a monument. Mineola's own Memorial Library and private and public schools surround the park, creating a relaxing, open environment. The Memorial Tablet and surrounding paths were an Eagle Project by Troop 45 Eagle Scout
    Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
    Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America . A Scout who attains this rank is called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than 2 million young men...

     Edward Kaiser.
  • Mineola is home to large Portuguese communities, and has been for years. Portuguese restaurants and businesses and the Portuguese language are a common feature throughout the neighborhood.
  • The Mineola Hotel burned down in 1966 as the result of arson. One man was killed.
  • Bill O'Reilly
    Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
    William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television...

    , political commentator, author, and host of the The O'Reilly Factor, graduated from Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School
    Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for young men. Located in Mineola, New York, the school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary , an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious Brothers. The school is named for Father William...

    in 1967.

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